Faith and the Electric Dogs
by Patrick Jennings
New York: Scholastic Press, 1996. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 1996 stated 1st printing. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. 12mo, 146 pgs.
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Handbook of Milk Composition
by Edited by Robert G. Jensen
San Diego: Academic Press, Inc. (Harcourt Brace & Company), 1995. Laminate boards. Near Fine. A lovely copy of the 1995 1st American edition of this key work in Academic Press's wonderful "Food Science and Technology International Series". Clean and Near Fine in its blue and white laminate boards. Thick octavo, 903 pgs. plus Index. Edited by Robert G.... Read More
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My Animal Book
by H.C. Jensen
Whitman Pub. Co, 1925. Linen. Near Fine. H.C. Jensen. A very bright example, with lovely color woodcuts. The 1st edition, circa 1925. Tall quarto, stiff linen-like pictorial covers. A crisp, Near Fine to Fine copy. Illustrated with bold, striking color woodcuts on every page by H.C. Jensen (in the style of C.B. Falls).
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The Planet That Wasn't
by Isaac Asimov and J.O. Jeppson
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1976. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISAAC ASIMOV IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION to his close friends Chaucy and Les Bennetts. A solid copy to boot of this 1976 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing to the spine ends and several small... Read More
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Today and Tomorrow And...
by Isaac Asimov and J.O. Jeppson
Garden City, NY: Doubday & Co, 1973. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISAAC ASIMOV on the title page. A solid copy to boot of this 1973 collection of 32 of Asimov's science essays. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with its $6.95 dustjacket price intact. Very light chipping at the panel edges and... Read More
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Isaac Asimov's Limericks for Children
by Isaac Asimov and J.O. Jeppson
New York: Caedmon Publishers, 1984. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISAAC ASIMOV IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1984 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, whimsical limericks thruout by the great Asimov. Signed by Author.
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Laughing Space (An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor)
by Isaac Asimov and J.O. Jeppson
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1982. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY BOTH ISAAC ASIMOV AND HIS WIFE J.O. JEPPSON TO THEIR CLOSE FRIENDS LES AND CHAUCY BENNETTS. A solid copy to boot of the 1982 1st thus. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and several... Read More
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Hospitales en la Zona Central del Pacifico: Tesis Profesional de Jerome Tamen E.
by Jerome Tamen E.
Mexico City: Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura/Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1955. Cloth. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY ARCHITECT JEROME TAMEN on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of his uncommon 1955 dissertation from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico on the design, planning and construction of Mexican hospitals in the Central Zone of the Pacific. Clean and Near... Read More
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Jess: Paste-Ups (and Assemblies) 1951-1983
by Jess
Sarasota, Florida: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1983. 1st. cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1983 catalogue of the Jess exhibition at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. As New in a bright, As New dustjacket. Square quarto, 157 pgs. Impressive tribute to this legendary San Francisco collage artist.
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Trials of Evans and Christie (In Dustjacket)
by Edited by F. Tennyson Jesse
London: William Hodge, 1957. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1957 1st edition, in its uncommon dustjacket. Solid and VG+ (light foxing and offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing along the spine and soiling to the rear panel. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, Volume... Read More
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Trial of Thomas John Ley and Lawrence J. Smith
by Edited by F. Tennyson Jesse
Lopndon: William Hodge and Company, 1947. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1947 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (light offsetting at the endsheets) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine. Thick octavo, #69 in William Hodge's wonderful "Notable British Trials" series.
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Snow and Ice Sports: A Winter Manual
by Elon Jessup
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1923. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1923 1st edition, IN A CRISP, BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and design to the front panel and faded lettering along the spine. And in a sharp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing... Read More
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Mystery at Boulder Point
by Eleanore M. Jewett
New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jay Hyde Barnum. A very sharp copy of the 1949 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of light offsetting at the front and rear endpapers) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light offsetting along the rear panel's top-edge and just a bit... Read More
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Top Secrets of Magic: Routined Mystification with Small Objects (In 3 Vols.)
by J.G. Thompson Jr.
Buffalo, NY: Gene Gordon, Publisher, 1968. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. The 1956, the 1967 and the 1968 1st editions, complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes sharp and VG+ in their stapled, pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of offsetting along the spines. Octavos, all 3 volumes richly illustrated throughout.
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Mechanical Properties of Intermetallic Compounds
by J.H. Westbrook, ed
John Wiley and Sons, 1960. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1960 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 435 pgs.
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Jiri Anderle
by Jiri Kotalik, Bohumil Hrabal, Jiri Masin and Gerd Kohrmann
London: Alpine Fine Arts, 1985. Very Good +/Near Fine. Jiri Anderle. Impressive monograph on "world-renowned Czech graphic artist and painter Jiri Anderle". Solid and VG+ (tender but still perfectly sturdy rear hinge) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Internally clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. Tall quarto, 260 pages, 140 illustrations, 88... Read More
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The Art and Science of Growing Crystals
by J.J. Gilman, ed
John Wiley, 1965. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Part of the Wiley Series on the Science and Technology of Materials, this is a nice copy of the 1965 2nd. printing. VG+ in a VG+, bright green dustjacket. 4to., 493 pgs.
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: April 19th, 1942-1953
by J.M. Budish, Ed
New York: United Committee to Commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1953. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A crisp, solid copy of the 1953 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with just a bit of light soiling and creasing along the spine. Octavo, text in both English and Yiddish.
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The Physics of Metals -- Vol. 1 (Electrons)
by J.M. Ziman, Ed
Cambridge University Press, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1969 1st edition of Vol. I -- Electrons. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, edited by J.M. Ziman. Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind.
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The Pleasure of Being Oneself
by C.E.M. Joad
New York: Philosophical Library, 1951. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1951 1st American edition. Solid and VG+ in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with a 1 1/2" chip along the rear panel's top-edge. Octavo, 204 pgs.
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Return to Philosophy: Being a Defence of Reason, an Affirmation of Values and a Plea for Philosophy
by C.E.M. Joad
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1937. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The September 1937 stated 3rd American printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, sharp example of the Art Deco dustjacket, with light chipping along the rear panel's lower-edge. 12mo, 276 pgs. plus Index.
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Jouons a L'Histoire: La France Mise en Scene avec Les Joujoux de Deux Petits Francais
by G. Montorgueil (JOB)
Paris: Boivin & Cie, 1908. JOB. A handsome, tight copy of the 1908 1st edition (with the date printed on the last page of text). Solid and VG+ in its pictorial, gilt-titled and designed blue cloth. Wonderful chromotypogravures throughout by the great French illustrator JOB. Very light wear at the spine ends, just a touch of soiling to the... Read More
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Speeches, Delivered at the City-Hall of the City of New-York, in the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace
by John A. Graham, L.L.D.
New York: George Forman, 1812. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1812 second edition, with corrections. John A. Graham was an early 19th century "Counsellor and Advocate in All the High Courts, and One of the Masters in Chancery for the State of New York". A very sharp copy, handsomely rebound in 3/4 navy-blue leather over light blue cloth.... Read More
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La Ceramica Dell'Estremo Oriente
by John Ayers et al.
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1983. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1983 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick, tall quarto, lovely color plates thruout. Text in Italian.
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Emilie Brzezinski: The Lure of the Forest (Inscribed to Dick Polich)
by John Beardsley, Barbara Rose and Aneta Georgievska-Shine
New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc, 2014. Laminate boards. Fine/Fine. An important Association copy: INSCRIBED BY EMILIE BRZEZINSKI TO RENOWNED ART FABRICATOR DICK POLICH on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 2014 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.
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